| Main Entry: | powerlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | powerlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | inability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disabling lack of talent, skill |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness |
| Notes: | debility is the state of being weak in health or body; disability is the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; inability is lack of mental ability or physical ability to do something |
Antonyms: |
ability, capacity, competence, skill, talent |
| Main Entry: | weakness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defect, proneness |
Synonyms: |
Achilles heel, appetite*, blemish, chink in armor, debility, decrepitude, deficiency, delicacy, enervation, failing, faintness, fault, feebleness, flaw, fondness, fragility, frailty, gap, impairment, imperfection, impotence, inclination, inconstancy, indecision, infirmity, instability, invalidity, irresolution, lack, languor, lapse, liking, passion, penchant, powerlessness, predilection, proclivity, prostration, senility, shortcoming, soft spot, sore point, taste*, vice, vitiation, vulnerability |
Antonyms: |
strength, strong point |
| Main Entry: | helplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incompetence |
Synonyms: |
failure, inability, incapacity, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | impotence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, infirmity, powerlessness |
| Main Entry: | prostration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | submission |
Synonyms: |
abashment, collapse, powerlessness, stupefaction, submissiveness |
| Main Entry: | incapability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ineffectuality |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, infirmity, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | incapability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | incompetency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability |
Synonyms: |
disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness* |